Michael A Dorn

36-year FBI/USAF analyst. Author: AMERICAN ALCALDE (10 vols) the most complete history of Los Angeles mayoral elections.

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Michael A. Dorn, 36-year FBI and USAF intelligence analyst, has spent 15 years doing the political research most readers will never have time to do. Follow for forgotten stories from LA's political past.
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An #LAmayor once won by only eight votes. Eight. That is the kind of margin that reminds us history is not always decided by sweeping movements. Sometimes it turns on a handful of people showing up.

This is why old #elections still matter.

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The #mayor of #LosAngeles matters, but the office does not operate alone. Budgets, appointments, crisis response, the council, the press, public pressure, and coalitions all shape what a mayor can actually do.

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Every mayoral race feels new when it is happening, but LA's political patterns have been repeating for generations.

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#Reading has changed, but the power of a great story remains timeless.

Explore American Alcalde digitally and carry the history of Los Angeles wherever you go.
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1911: Socialist Job Harriman came out of LA primary ahead while defending men accused of bombing.

4 days before runoff, his clients pleaded guilty. Voters didn't believe he was in the dark.

He lost. LA politics turned.

Socialist nearly won City Hall; American Alcalde

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Jan 1938: PI Harry Raymond survived a car bombing in LA.

Unit behind it was inside LAPD; to silence Mayor Frank Shaw's critics.

Captain Earle Kynette was convicted.

Then LA did what it had never done: recalled the mayor.

Not fiction. LA history, American Alcalde

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The mayor who could hear the council.

LA Mayor Fletcher Bowron had a P.A. system above his desk to eavesdrop on council. Then surveillance across Public Works, Personnel.

Jan 1940: Councilman protests snooping for publicity.

Not fiction. LA history. American Alcalde

[Michael A Dorn @michael_a_dorn]

Especially true in politics.
American Alcalde is not a candidate guide. It is a history lens.

Not to tell you what to think about today, but to show patterns LA has already lived through.

History doesn't vote for us but helps us read the moment more clearly.
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#Literacy gives us the power to question, connect, and understand the events that shape our communities.

Explore the stories behind Los Angeles with American Alcalde.

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[Michael A Dorn @michael_a_dorn]

Myth vs Fact:

Myth: Tracking conversations is a modern tech problem.

Fact: Mayor Fletcher Bowron used a P.A. speaker above his desk to secretly eavesdrop on LA City Council.

LA politics has always been creative.

— American Alcalde, 10 vols, 1848-2025

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American Alcalde brings Los Angeles history to life through the leaders, decisions, and events that helped build a city.

Pick up a story worth opening
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The 2026 #LosAngeles mayoral primary is counted and footnoted while it becomes #history. Chapter 251 is the newest page in the city’s #politicalrecord

It is the story behind the city’s 2026 #PrimaryElection

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Los Angeles did not become the city we know overnight. American Alcalde: Volume I follows its earliest #mayoralelections, political tensions, and the people who shaped its first years as an American city.

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Before #Hollywood, before the freeways, before the city most people picture, #LosAngeles was already a #politicalstory Its mayoral record begins in 1850, and Volume I starts there with it.

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Charles Sebastian was acquitted days before the 1915 #election and won #CityHall anyway. Fourteen months later, he resigned. Allegations stayed allegations. His time in office did not survive them.

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American Alcalde is not only #policyhistory It is ambition, betrayal, #scandal, family history, #rivalries, and downfalls told through the mayoral story of Los Angeles. The record is #political, but the story is deeply human.

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Before #LosAngeles had a mayor, it had an #alcalde. The office arrived with the city, and so did the arguments over who should hold it.

Drop your answer before checking the comments.

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In 1903, #LosAngeles became the first U.S. city to write the recall into its charter. Four #mayors have faced it. One was removed. The tool #Californians still debate started as part of L.A.’s own political record.

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Ten volumes. Every administration since 1850. Told through the #mayors, rivals, #scandals, #elections, and power struggles that built the city. American Alcalde turns L.A. #politics into a long #historical record.

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295 votes against 287. Eight #votes decided who ran Los Angeles. Turnout has never been a small detail in this city. It has decided the office outright.

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